During the long weekend period starting Friday, Aug. 2 to Monday, Aug. 5, the Castlegar RCMP responded to 55 complaints, including expensive   vandalism and one major theft, according to Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff.   "The majority of the complaints were causing a disturbance and mischief related incidents," she said. "Castlegar...

Nelson Police report that vandals hit an area school during the early hours of Saturday (August 3). Police received multiple calls at 4 a.m. of glass smashing at L.V. Rogers High School in Fairview. When police arrived it was apparent vandals caused excessive amount damage, including smashed windows and other damage to the Kootenay Lake […]

RCMP is reporting that several Kelowna teens are recovering after they ingested what they believed to be ecstasy and became violently ill Friday (August 2). Now a Vancouver television station is reporting that a Kelowna girl is dead after ingesting ecstas. Age of the girl has not been released but RCMP said three youths, 15, […]

Nelson Police report that two youngsters made an alarming find while playing on the sidewalk near their home Wednesday. The children aged three and six, were playing with sidewalk chalk on a walkway in front of the family home when the two found a bag of containing white powder on the ground. “The (older) child, […]

Vandals have now destroyed a second holding tank at Crescent Valley fire hall that was intended to supply Slocan Valley residents with potable water, according to Nelson RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. "The first incident occurred overnight when a vehicle was used to overturn the 1,000 gallon tank, resulting in the spigot being...

The RCMP Federal Serious Organized Crime (FSOC) partnered with the California Division of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in an international money laundering investigation to collect evidence for charges in Canada.   FSOC, DEA and IRS-CI investigated a Vietnamese Organized Crime (VOC) group allegedly involved in the […]

Emergency Operations Centre spokesman Bill Macpherson says one of the water tankers brought to relieve the need in Slocan Valley has been damaged "in a suspicious manner", but there are now additional tankers available to supply residents with potable water. "Executive Flight Centre’s contractor has established two additional...

Ed Note: The following is a press release issued by RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk: An April 2013 Smithers investigation into an incident of forcible confinement in a vehicle, has led to several more victims being identified in the Williams Lake area. The alleged incidents predate the Smithers BC matter and spanned from 2007 to 2012...

Eighteen-year-old Castlegar resident Travis Hurlbert died Wednesday evening after a motor vehicle accident in Edmonton, Alberta. A 27-year-old man is facing charges in connection with the accident. Derrick O'Connor has been charged with criminal hit and run causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing...

A family received a shock to the system after uncovering a handful of dynamite sticks and blasting caps while cleaning an old trailer. Nelson Police was called Sunday when the family noticed the dynamite and caps in the trailer. Nelson Fire Department also attended the scene. Once NPD officers and firefighters assessed the scene was […]